im going over seas to work again, for about 2 months.
I want the best bang for buck laptop, in screen quality and gaming power.
im not worried about battery life and i want to spend about $1000-$1500.
i don't get a lot of time to game at home on my pc. and nor will i have a lot of time while overseas.
i want to be able to play arma 3 at a medium graphical level, Also be able to play crusader kings 2 past the end game time.(i play alot of crusader kings2)
May I recommend considering a refurbished laptop. I often have my friends look at refurbished units and myself have bought a few often you can get a Laptop for a few hundred less than what you would pay for a new laptop. I have never had any problems with refurbs that I have purchased as they often get better quality checks than new units.
here is the link to refurbed PC/laptops on new egg
here is a link to a laptop that I have been watching since my laptop had an unfortunate run-in with a can of Pepsi that I didn't know was in the bottom of my back pack.
$350US AMD A8 1.9GHz (with Turbo CORE up to 2.8GHz) 4GB DDR3 750gb HDD and you should be able to get a 12 cell Batt on ebay for $30-$50 US I know you said that you didnt care about battery life but trust me a 12 cell changes your life.
This one looks like it will fit your needs under budget
Touch-Screen Laptop - Intel Core i7 1.8GHz (with Turbo Boost up to 3.0GHz) - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M < You might want to dig in to this GPU a bit I not very upto date on my mGPUs here is a write up (http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-730M.84681.0.html) a quick skim looks like it will work for you but don't just take my word for it